Wife of the Ondo State Governor, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, on Monday said that cancer is not a spiritual attack but one that can be treated.
“If you have or know anyone that has cancer, let him or her seek help in government recognised health facilities.
“The survivors are encouraged to share their experiences, support victims and make a difference about the scourge in the society.
“This disease is killing people in the state at alarming rate while many homes are gnashing in pain. Please, let us sit up because cancer can turn a home bankrupt,” she said.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, said the government had set up an advisory committee for the establishment of a befitting world-class cancer treatment centre in Owo local government area of the state.
Dr Adegbenro said that the planned establishment would bring cancer treatment services close to the people of the state and solve the problem of medical tourism experienced by patients with cancer related problems.
He thanked the governor’s wife for her efforts in the battle against breast cancer that had begun to put smile in the faces of women who would have become victims due to ignorance.
“Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN), your NGO, which is your initiative, has been in the frontline of battle against the most common cancer in our women.
“Posterity will never forget the effort you have put in,” he said.
